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Ematrix - 4 treatments on my face
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still getting ematrix periodically
zeezeeDecember 29, 2013
WORTH IT$250
End of 2013 and I went for another treatment. I had the highest setting all over my face and jaw line, but lower around the eyes where I feel the zing. It only hurts for a second, and I told the nurse I didn't mind; I want the result from a deeper treatment. Because I've had a series of these I now heal fast. I had a Friday treatment. Saturday I covered with foundation. I looked a little rough, but could pass at work and even had a short conversation with my brother who noticed nothing. I don't usually wear foundation, but the most anybody would wonder is why I'm wearing it. Sunday morning all the redness is covered with light makeup. It will be scaley thru this friday, and then my skin will be fresh. I love this treatment.
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I looked fine in 24 hours, but I had rough, scaly...
zeezeeSeptember 16, 2012
I looked fine in 24 hours, but I had rough, scaly skin for a week. It's so hard to wait a week to exfoliate, but I slathered on moisturizer and did so. My skin feels great now. I still have my crows feet and wrinkles, but I think I look better around the eyes, and my face looks so smooth. The half treatment on my hands is taking longer. I still see some pinpoint scabs. It was the first time I treated the backs of my hands, so this probably isn't surprising.
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February 17, 2013
When people get treatments like ultherapy or ematrix or really many treatments out there that they (and the providers) claim to see immediate improvement from, how much of this is post-procedure swelling -- not ACTUAL results -- and do the doctors and patients and everyone acknowledge this when studying possible treatments?
February 17, 2013
whoops sorry, I thought I was posing that up top as a question for doctors on here to answer. It;s confusing since a lot of people immediately love what they see (as I have, with various things, only to be discouraged as little as a few weeks later when swelling goes down) and then are "tricked" into thinking something works. Did the people who market these treatments, which range from scultpra to lasers, acknowledge that there is initial swelling, when I am more interested in LONG TERM actual results of building and rebuilding collagen.
February 17, 2013
one more thing -- sounds like you had good results from your treatments, which is great, so that gives me hope. But I don't have the money to waste on something with not many results. So I hope I get something like yours IF I do it...
December 29, 2013
My results are not as dramatic as the pictures from the makers of ematrix. I think most doctors' web sites use those. I figure the featured people got extra strong treatments, so set your expectations. Also shop around to find the best price. Where I go there is a discount for buying a series of 4 treatments.
Compared to my peers, though, my skin appears to have more elasticity. My jaw line is firmer. I also wear sunscreen religiously and exercise and watch what I eat. I believe that also contributes to healthy skin.
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It has been over a year since I had an ematrix...
zeezeeSeptember 8, 2012
It has been over a year since I had an ematrix treatment, but I bought another package of 4 facial treatments. It was around $1000 for the package of 4 treatments. Each treatment is 200 pulses. I had the first of the 4 treatments on Friday afternoon. It was the same level as the last treatment (B, I think), but I didn't want to increase the level because it had been a while. On Saturday morning I can already cover with a little foundation. With makeup I look a little puffy, feel fine. It's nothing I cant attribute to insomnia and too much sun last weekend. I had some numbing cream applied beforehand, and I found out that almost nobody uses it at the office where I go. I guess I'm a wuss. The pulses around my eyes hurt, only for a second, but OUCH. That's where I most want a result, though, so it's worth it.
I also tried a half treatment on the back of my hands, the first time I've done that. The hands look worse than my face. I'm hoping to increase collagen so that when I'm older I won't have crepey skin that tears easily. Both my parents near age 80 have this.
I also tried a half treatment on the back of my hands, the first time I've done that. The hands look worse than my face. I'm hoping to increase collagen so that when I'm older I won't have crepey skin that tears easily. Both my parents near age 80 have this.
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September 8, 2012
I'm not an expert, but what I've been told is that ematrix is one of the few treatments that can go close to the eyes because it's IR energy, not a laser. It only penetrates a certain distance into the skin. I have had pulses below the eyes and above (below the eyebrow) -- a place where I want to tighten skin as I get older!
The ladies who treated me told me that healing time is variable. If you have more collagen due to past treatments or youth or great genes and sun protection, you heal more quickly. The treatment can have a higher density of the pulses (the dots) and a deeper depth. I think that is why there is such a wide range of experiences with downtime for ematrix. My approach has been to slowly increase the strength of treatments so that I won't find myself red for a week when I only have 4 days to recover. My results aren't as dramatic as on the ematrix marketing where they almost certainly used all the strongest settings. I do notice that my skin looks better than that of many of my peers.
The ladies who treated me told me that healing time is variable. If you have more collagen due to past treatments or youth or great genes and sun protection, you heal more quickly. The treatment can have a higher density of the pulses (the dots) and a deeper depth. I think that is why there is such a wide range of experiences with downtime for ematrix. My approach has been to slowly increase the strength of treatments so that I won't find myself red for a week when I only have 4 days to recover. My results aren't as dramatic as on the ematrix marketing where they almost certainly used all the strongest settings. I do notice that my skin looks better than that of many of my peers.
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